Support for paper-files.



J. W. GREGORY.

SUPPORT FOR PAPER FILES. APPLICATION FILED 11.20, 1914.

1, 1 05,421. Patented July 28, 191i JOSEPH W. GREGORY, OF SEAT PLEASANT, MARYLAND.

SUPPORT FOR PAPER-FILES.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 28, 1914.

Application filed January 20, 1914. Serial No. 813,238.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, Josnri-i \V. Gueoonr, a citizen of the United States, residing at Seat Pleasant, in the county of Prince Georges and State of Maryland, have in vented a new and useful Improvement in Supports :for Paper-Files, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a device "for holding various papers and for transferring them easily and quickly from a suitable needle to a cord.

The invention also includes suitable means for holding said needle and cord for rendering easy the removal of the cord and needle for the purpose of transferring the papers from the needle to the cord, the said holding or supporting device serving when the parts are in normal position to space the papers upon the needle from those upon the cord.

The invention consists of the novel features of construction hereinafter described, pointed out in the claims and shown in the accompanying drawings, in which:

Figure 1 is a side elevation partly broken away, a wall being shown in section, parts being in normal position ready for use.

Fig. 2 is a top plan view, a needle being in cross section. Fig. 3 is a front elevation of the holding device. Fig. t is a section on the line l-lof Fig. 3. Fig. 5 is an enlarged side elevation of the lower end portion of the needle.

In these drawings 1 represents a needle provided with an eye 2 adjacent the nonpointed end and which will be termed the lower end as the needle used in a vertical position and said lower end is grooved upon opposite sides as shown at 3, said grooves extending from the eye 2 to the end of the needle. A cord 4, either single or double as may be preferred is secured in the eye and at its free end carries a button 5 which not only serves as a stop for papers strung upon the cord, but also serves as a weight to hold the cord taut and to cause it to hang perpendicularly. A holder adapted to receive said cord and thread consists of a sleeve 6 open at the top, and slotted from top to bottom at the front as shown at 7, said slot extending partially through the bottom of the sleeve. Upon each side of said slot the metal forming a part of said sleeve is extended laterally and then rearwardly thereby forming upon opposite sides of the sleeve angled vertically arranged wings S, the vertical roar edges Of. which bear against the support to which the holder is attached and serve to steady the holder, preventing any rocking or turning movement of the sleeve. lit the upper edge of the sleeve there is termed a rearwardly extending flange 9 flush with the top of the sleeve and integral with said wings 8. This flange is suitably perforated at 10 to receive a small bolt, screw or nail in order that the holder may be fastened in place.

The device thus described can be attached to the side of a desk or table, the flange S) resting upon the top thereof and the wings 8 bearing against the side. If the device is to he seemed to a wall I prefer to fasten the flange 9 to a suitable b 'acket 11 and then secure said ln'acket to the wall by means of screws as shown in Fig. 1, the bracket not only serving as a convenient support {01' the holder but also serving to space the same from the wall.

In use the needle is brought into position in vertical alinemcnt with the sleeve and the cord l swings into the sleeve through the slot 7. The needle is then dropped into the sleeve and rests upon the bottom of the sleeve which forms a support for the needle, the cord passing through the slot which extends into the sleeve bottom. Papers can then be placed upon the needle 1, the lowcrmost paper resting upon the flange 9 of the holder and the top of the sleeve. When the papers thus filed are to be strung upon the cord it is simply necessary to lift the needle vertically until its lower end is clear of the sleeve and then move it in a horizontal plane forwardly and the cord will pass out of the sleeve through the slot 7. The papers can then he slipped downwardly upon the cord and the needle returned to a position in the sleeve.

What I claim is:--

1. In a device of the kind described, the combination with a needle having a cord attached thereto, of a sleeve open at its upper end to receive said needle and having a closure at the lower end and slotted throughout its entire length and partly across the bottom to receive the cord.

2. In a paper filing device, the combination with a needle haviu a cord attached thereto, of a holder for said needle comprising a sleeve partially closed at its lower end, i

and slotted from top to bottom, said sleeve 5 an eye at the end opposite to its point end and a cordattached tosaid eye of a sleeve partially closed at its lower end and slotted from top to bottom, said sleeve being adapted to receive the needle at its upper id end and to receive the cord through said.

slot, and a flange carried by the top of said sleeve l. A holder of the. kind described c0mprising a sleeve having a rearwardly extend- 15 ing flange substantially flush with its upper I end and slotted at the front from top to bottom, and laterally and rearvvardly extend: ing Wings carried by said sleeve and upon opposite sides of said slot, as and for the purpose set forth.

5. A paper filing device comprising a cord having a stop at one end and a needle at the opposite end and a socket adapted to receive the needle the side and bottom of said socket being adapted to receive the thread.

JOSEPH W. GREGORY. lVitnesses CHAS. C. Brown E. B. MCBATH.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patentsv Washington, D. G. 

